Sustainable Transportation Modeling

可持续交通建模

• 批准号: 313211-2012
• 负责人: Casello, Jeffrey
• 金额: $ 1.38万
• 依托单位: University of Waterloo
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=571807
• 关键词: Sustainable; Transportation; Modeling

This research is intended to improve the planning, design and operations of Canada's transportation systems. Governments throughout Canada and more generally North America are considering major investments in public transportation systems as a way to reduce congestion; improve environmental conditions; provide lower cost transportation choices to all members of society; and to help revitalize urban areas. The way in which decision makers evaluate possible investments in transportation systems is with Travel Forecasting Models. These models try to predict how travelers will behave - what trips will be made and by what mode - if new transit systems are built or if existing systems are upgraded. In order for these models to be effective, they must accurately reflect how travelers compare making a trip by transit to other modes, especially the automobile. Currently, most of the models used only include some basic information about the transit service. This research will develop better cost models that include considerations of transit costs that most travelers recognize and evaluate - system reliability, comfort, accessibility and others - but previous models have not included. This research will also determine the way models should change to better reflect costs as travelers get accustomed to traveling by transit or car, and as travelers get more familiar with the options available to them. The outcomes of this research will be a set of models that are much better at evaluating competing investments in transportation systems. This will allow governments to make better decisions about what transportation systems should be built or upgraded. The end goal is that decision makers can use scarce public resources to achieve desired changes not only in transportation, but also to improve the livability and economic competitiveness of Canadian cities and the quality of life for Canadians.

这项研究旨在改善加拿大交通系统的规划、设计和运营。加拿大乃至整个北美的政府都在考虑对公共交通系统进行重大投资，以减少交通拥堵；改善环境条件；为所有社会成员提供成本较低的交通选择；并帮助振兴城市地区。决策者评估交通系统可能投资的方法是使用旅行预测模型。这些模型试图预测如果建造新的交通系统或升级现有的系统，旅行者将会如何行动——将会进行什么样的旅行和以什么样的方式出行。